JUNE 2017

Week 23

Orient Aviation - www.orientaviation.com

It’s been another AirAsia week in Asia-Pacific aviation this week as the LCC conglomerate announced yet another overseas subsidiary - AirAsia Cambodia.

In the Philippines, Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific Air are weary of more capacity and frequency increases from the Gulf carriers after both had to terminate most of their routes to the Middle East because they were not commercially viable.

In Thailand, THAI’s stake in Nok Air has been diluted to 21.6% only after THAI refused to take up new shares in Nok Air.

Further North, in Japan, Japan Airlines has announced a new route to Melbourne while in South Korea, Air Pohang is hoping to perform its maiden revenue service before year-end.

A new South Korea-based budget carrier - Air Pohang - is planning to launch operations later this year using Bombardier CRJ-200s configured for fewer than 50 passengers on short domestic hops from its Pohang base to Seoul Gimpo and Jeju Island.Read More »

Another government, another attempt at better relations. Following the election of new South Korean president Moon Jae-In, a liberal candidate, Beijing has eased restrictions on new route applications and frequency or capacity changes on existing services.Read More »